How Can the United States do Better Against Cyberattacks?
How Can the United States do Better Against Cyberattacks?
How Can the United States do Better Against Cyberattacks?
Paper details:
Final Research Proposals must adhere to the following formatting requirements:
15-20 pages, Times New Roman 12-point font or 10-point Arial font, 1” margins (not including title page or bibliography).
Title page with your topic, your name, and the date.
Bibliography with Chicago Style or APA citations.
Your proposal must include all of the following.
1. Overview of your proposed project
a. Context for your project
b. Answering the “so what?” question: Why is this topic interesting? Why is it important? Be sure to focus on cyberattacks against U.S. infrastructures most common/most dangerous attack methods.
c. Briefly tee up what you are doing that is different (i.e., your contribution).
2. Research Question
a. Identify the problem you are looking to address and clearly state your research question.
3. Literature Review and Explanatory Theory
a. Identify the main works and schools of thought.
b. Present your main theoretical framework and identify important scholarly works related to this approach.
4. Variables
a. Explain the concepts you are studying and how you have operationalized them into independent and dependent variables.
5. Hypothesis/es
a. Provide your hypothesis or hypotheses about the relationship that you expect to find between your variables.
6 Methodology
a. Data Collection
Are you using case studies? If so, what are they and what is your case selection justification?
What types of data are appropriate for your question?
Are they quantitative, qualitative, or both?
How will you collect your data?
b. Contingency Plan
What limitations or problems do you anticipate in your case selection and data collection?
Propose at least one backup plan if your ideal plan turns out to be infeasible. (The only exception to this requirement is if you can prove that your research will rely solely on open source data that is either already in your possession or unquestionably accessible to you; if this is the case, thoroughly explain how.)
c. Data Analysis
What techniques will you use to analyze your data?
Are they quantitative, qualitative, or both?
d. Objectivity and Ethics
What measures will you take to ensure your objectivity? (While everyone must answer this, this is especially relevant if you are using qualitative techniques, or if you have prior experience or knowledge in this topic.)
Will you need human subject research (IRB) approval? If so, explain how it relates to your topic, and if not, explain why not.
7. Goals and Contributions
a. How will your project contribute to (1) academic research, (2) practitioner knowledge, and (3) general public understanding?
b. What are you doing that no one else has?
